>> good morning to you, it's sunday, february the 17th. i'm alisyn kooiman in for alisyn. and the family of oscar pistorius speak out the first time and his girlfriend beyond the grave. >> tucker: do you consider yourself middle class? the math from the census bureau leaves you shaking your heads. >> clayton: how americans spend time from the minute they wake up in the morning until the minute they go to bed. a new book looks at how we spend our time and it will shock you. "fox & friends" starts now. i think we wait in line.

♪ >> oh, good sunday morning, thank you so much for waking up with us bright and early. that's the great tucker carlson and that's the great anna kooiman and i'm he the mediocre clayton morris. >> no way. >> clayton: and e-mails now, leann rimes says that her career is plummeting because of a dentist. or something else. >> her career is hitting a sour note and does that have to do with her love life? and some say that you look like a little bit like leann rimes. >> my eyes, i take it as a compliment. >> clayton: let us know your thoughts, and this first, when it comes to immigration reforms, congress apparently isn't moving fast enough for president obama and the white house has draft add whole version of immigration, and

immigration bill that leaked out and not sitting well with some republicans. and doug, what's going oven with that bill. >> reporter: this appears to be the white house laying down a marker for the congress. the president's plan, an extrance seie expansive form of amnesty. one called it half-baked. lawful immigrant status to just about anyone, even those with criminal records will be included as long as they haven't been convicted of three crimes or more than a year in prison and a security element to this to enhance efforts at the border and employers eventually check the immigration status of new hires and the president says he will push his own bill if congress fails to act. >> but it's important for us to recognize that the foundation for bipartisan action is already in place and

if congress is unable to move forward in a timely fashion, i will send up a bill based upon my proposal and insist at that they vote on it right away. >> now, officially, a white house spokesman will only say this. while the president made clear he will move forward if copifor does not act. and will this poison the well in congress. marco rubio has kind of been the g.o.p. point person did not sound encouraged saying in a statement, quote, if actually proposed the president's bill would be dead on arrival in congress leaving us with unsecured borders and a broken legal immigration system for years to come. and we talk about this, affecting an estimated 11 billion illegal immigrants currently in the country, but the president's plan would open up potential legal status

as to spouses and children not yet here. even though there is he' a bill in the works, the administration says the president supports the ongoing bipartisan efforts here in capitol hill to come up with kind of reform measure. back to you guys. >> clayton: more on this, we'll hear more on this, doug luzader, live in d.c. >> thank you, four minutes after the hour and time for head lines. oscar pistorius' family going on camera the first time since the blade runner was charged with murdering his girlfriend. >> its own case, including its own forensic evidence strong strongly refutes premeditated murder. >> and his uncle says he was planning a future with reeva steenkamp. and the show that reeva started last night, and

included this chilling clip. >> and i'm going to miss you all so much. i love you very much. >> to fall in love is being in love with love. one love-- >> i'm going home sort of a sweet taste in my mouth. i don't have any regrets. >> so beautiful. wasn't she. and they're airing a tribute to steenkamp before the start of the show. overnight two military jets escorting a plane away from a no-fly zone where president obama is vacationing in florida. the small plane was forced to land at a field in the town of stuart just north of palm beach. and f.a.a. is now investigating. it streamed across russia's skyline sending up a blast and injuring more than 1200 people. (scream (screams) >> in the wake of the meteor,

a professor is developing a new tracking system to detect when and where a meteor will hit. >> you can say it will be exactly such and so positioned to within a mill and it will happen at exactly such and such a time within the second. >> the project pre sently received 5 million in funding from nasa. one in russia insisted it was not a meteor, but john considerry a new weapons of mass destruction from texas in the united states. one of president obama's favorite spots to grab a bit. ray's hell burger, reportedly owes overdue rent and court fees and a second location closed for business and president obama has visited the spot with vice-president biden and russian president

med investiga med did he ha med-- >> and how does he stay so-- >> those restaurants are popular in northern virginia, it's hard to believe. >> clayton: have you even at ray's hell burger. >> tucker: i don't, but the traffic. always packed. >> clayton: and how do you have $39,000 in back rent to pay? if they're lining out the door. let's talk about a new census bureau study revealing what it means to be middle class. certainly obviously during the campaign we hear the term middle class, both sides playing to try to the middle class. the president during his state of the union used middle class eight times, but what does it mean? here is the president. >> a rising, thriving middlement we won't grow the middle class by shifting cost

of health care or families struggling. a growing economy that creates bun middle class. one middle class parent can't afford $200 a week. >> and grow opportunities in the middle class for all willing to climb them. this kind of prosperity, broad, shared, built on a thriving middle class. >> when we talk about the middle class, we're actually talking about the definition seems to be unclear recently. middle incomes for people, mississippi coming in at $39,000 or 39,078 the lowest. >> tucker: there's vast economic diversity, a $28 spread between the two. the country didn't look the same the at the all. let's look at the states where we're from. >> clayton: in pennsylvania, my home state. it varies on state. you can't make a blanket middle statement. in pennsylvania middle class an income of $50,000 a year.

>> in north carolina, my home state tar, 44,787. >> tucker: in california where i grew up, 56,074. this will change if that falls apart. in rick's home state where everyone is moving from california it arizona, going up. 48,319 bucks. and people don't make that exact figure. there's got to be a range, right. >> clayton: of course in some of the southern states, mississippi at $38,000. a disparity. what do you mean when you make the blanket federal regulations. >> tucker: and federal minimum wage is the case in point to what i just said. states have their own minimum wage, but to impose one federally on a country with this much economic diversity might not be a good idea. the standard of living is so different in the deep south

and mid atlantic. >> president obama is calling the state of the union address should be be up at $9 an hour, that's up 1.75, and some states where the middle income is a lot lower. you think of the restaurants how are they going to keep their heads above water if they have to play out larger amounts of employees when the profit margins are so small. >> clayton: and the disproportionately hurt the unskilled works and those struggling in poverty. they'll be pushed out and may not get the job in the first place. paid $9 an hour. do you think the numbers jibe with what you know about being middle class in your state. meantime over to rick reich mousse. >> rick: we know this pass, you'll get a raise. (laughter) >> it's about time, a dollar. >> rick: all right, guys, it was cold across the south

eats, and it's fold for this time of year, and cold for any time. and a freeze effect only to f meyers, 44. peoplen twitter saying it's struggle weather across parts of florida, enjoy that. and as far as any precipitation goes, there's a system here across the northeast, a coastal system, but not that dissimilar to what we had this weekend. and farther up shore, it doesn't have as much expanse. and we're seeing the eastern long island and this is mostly going to be kind after southeastern, massachusetts event, parts of rhode island and see maybe three to six inches of snow and maybe more on cape cod and the islands and windy throughout the day today. winds maybe 40 to 50 miles per hour at time. and traveled across parts of the northeast, not that good. the temps for today though. certainly you see the cold air and not that bad across parts of the south. back to you. >> thanks, rick. coming up on the show, he predicted that cardinal

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>> joining us is from the school of law. >> glad to be with you. >> one of my first questions, we think about the catholic church, it's been underfire and i know that you are very concerned about the moral decline of the world in general. so, when you think about the next pope, you've got to have to have somebody who will adapt and adhere to the catholic belief system. >> that's right, and i'm confident that the conclave will pick someone like that, an extremely good successor not just to benedict, but john paul iv. ap they had the history, the back-to-back, and i think there are a lot of cardinals out there who could fill those shoes. >> since you have an accurate track record of predicting the next pope, who is in the running? >> well, i'm not sure that i actually predicted it.

i hoped that he would be the choice. and-- >> that's close enough. >> i don't know. you know, at this point, i don't think there's any front runner, and i think it is really impossible to predict who it's going to be. but, obviously, you have your favorites choices. i think that las vegas has odds. i don't know how valuable that is, but i think that one leading candidates would be the cardinal from quebec, the head of the congregation of the bishops. he had been a student of cardial ratzinger years ago when the cardinal was a university professor and is really not only a brilliant man and thinker. >> and cardinal dolan a dark horse, a lot of people don't think an american would get the nod. what do you think. >> i think it would be most

unlikely. the traditional would be that it's the most powerful country in the world and not have a pope from the most powerful country and also, i think we're viewed still as very young in our development. i actually, my choice, if it were fortunate enough to be an american, i would love to see american, but my choice would be cardinal burke who used to be the archbishop of st. louis and he's of the highest court in the vatican, sort of the chief justice john roberts of the vatican and he is again, a brilliant man and very, very understanding of what the problems are in the modern world. >> tucker: we're going to save this tape, because you've got a track record whether you admit it or not the. we appreciate it. >> there you go, thank you. >> thank you. >> 18 minutes after the hour on sunday morning, coming up on "fox & friends," a home bursting into flames and then

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i'm anna kooiman. in detroit, a chain reaction, killing one person and sending nine others to the hospital. and a strong burst rocking italy. the 4.8 magnitude case, struck 50 miles southeast of rome. no reports of damage or injuries. clayton? >> thanks, anna. fired up on twitter on the next story. she canceled concerts after dental surgery and now leann rimes wants her dentist to pay up. she's suing him. claiming poor dental work in preventing her from performing and hurting her career, but is the dentist really to blame here? does miss rhymes have a case for fair and balanced legal debate and nice to see you both this morning. >> good morning. >> they're not happy on twitter about this. they're not defending her at all in in case, but you have to this morning. does she have a case here? >> well, if the doctor's care fell below professional

standards, then she has a blame. if the doctor didn't inform her of the risk, hey, air going to have gum inflammation and bleeding gums, she has a claim. >> she knows she scheduled the surgery year the time she had to go out and perform, jonna, she's had nine root canals and bone grafts and physical therapy and all of this and says she has a permanent cosmetic deficiency as a result of it. >> let's talk about the elephant in the room, shall we. the reason that leann rimes can't put people in the seats isn't because of bad teeth, it's her bad behavior. a well done procedure can have risks, and you sign your life away and i'm sure she did, too, this dentist can't predict and see when she's going to have a convert and not well enough to perform. that's not his business, as long as he didn't go below the standard of car.

before and after pics, it hard for me to tell. there on the right, there she is now, i suppose and there she was before. i don't see much difference, did you. >> this was to cure a tmj related illness and i'm not an a dentist, i can't make a decision based on photos and bone grafting that's serious and affects your livelihood. remember, she is a singer and the fact that she couldn't go out and perform her craft. that's how she gets money is an issue, it's an issue. >> clayton: but is it his falt? >> if her jaw is wired shut and she's into the able to sing, it's not-- >> how can you say with bloody gums. >> how can you go out to dinner-- >> how with bloody gums and you're uncomfortable. >> wouldn't he tell you this beforehand. >> i'm sure he did. >> we can't make that assumption, gug to dental court. >> she has waived her life away and--

>> it's in california. in california not exactly sure if you can wave those rights away. pain and suffering should more than likely, and her damages are going to be capped, but when it comes to lost wages. >> clayton: we're talking millions of dollars here, right? to put someone, all of these people in the seats out of the concert. that's millions and millions of dollars, and we can honestly expect him to be able to pay up. >> when she can reschedule and recoup. she didn't cancel because she wasn't selling out stadiums and venues? how do we know that. >> that's speculative. >> and there is he' a fact finding there. >> the final word and see how our folks on twitter feel about it. let me know what you think about it. i'm clayton morris on twitter. get fired up. we'll talk later about it on the show. >> on "fox & friends" he's an admitted cop killer, why in the world are the people rallying yesterday in support of christopher dorner. how do you spend most of your

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>> wanted to know if you would take my hand in marriage and marry me. i want to spend the rest of my life with you. >> oh, my god. >> the run away bride to be, i guess. not exactly the way most proposals end up. this couple was pulling a prank on unsuspecting bystanders. and the couple famous for the youtube pranks on each other and this time decided to switch it up. >> i love it. this remind me of the new betty white show. the old people go out and pull pranks on young people and they do this kind of thing and they will he' do proposals at like 80 years old and zoom in on the people's faces and left there standing, did that really just happen? >> there's nothing better than confusing forest tourists. >> anna: and 99% the of the time the girl is going to say

yes. good night is not going to ask if she feels no. >> clayton: would you feel pressure if a guy had a proposal on the jumbotron. no way she's going to say no. >> anna: you'd have to go back and say no. >> clayton: and like, mom, i had to say yes on national television. >> anna: right. and any potential crooners and swooners out there. if you're looking for love. don't invite me to a football or a hockey game. >> clayton: the first game. >> tucker: you're going to get invited 100%. speaking of public displays, supporters of the deceased christopher dorner from the headlines in los angeles and of wrote the manifesto, accusing the lapd of racism and blaming in effect the murders he committed on that

and a lot of people agree with them. >> clayton: people showed up, we didn't agree with the violence he perpetrated. the violence, he's a cop killer. he killed individuals so you show up in support of this manifesto and part of it said this, which they're supporting this department, quote, has not changed from the darryl gates and mark fuhrman days. those officers are still employed and have all promoted to command stat and supervisory position. i will correct this error. of course he goes on to say that he's going to exact terror on the los angeles police department. i mean, he was going to hunt individuals down and kill them. >> anna: it's people who had nothing to do with lapd. >> tucker: literally killed a woman who happened to be married to someone who's father was in the lapd, but the point was, this guy was a loser, fired from the los angeles police department for lying. and by the way, a cop who lies is not something you want. it's terrifying. >> anna: and goes on and on

and the people protesting even a survival video game out there for the last hours christopher dorner spent on this earth. a song you can find on youtube entitled el massa policea, the cop killer. . >> tucker: written for him. and the police giving in on principle, we'll look into the allegations of racism in the lapd. basically he they bowed to his demand and so we shouldn't be surprised that some people are taking these, these ravings seriously. >> clayton: unbelievable. let us know what you think about this. supporting christopher dorner at that rally. friends@foxnews.com. >> anna: 6:34 is the time this morning, a house explosion in alabama sent firefighters diving for cover. a kitchen fire got out of control and quickly consumed the home. and hit the oxygen tanks in

the bedroom and six people managed to escape and no one, including those firefighters, were injured in that incident. nearly 400 people are suing a kentucky hospital and cardiologists accused of knowingly performing unnecessary and risky heart procedure, you lawsuit claimed two patients died after being treated the at st. joseph london hospital and dozens of others are now at risk of potentially fatal complicati complications and the also is being investigated by a u.s. attorney and at least one doctor is under criminal investigation for fraud. never before seen letters written by john lennon's killer giving a chilling look into his deranged mind. in the lowers, mark david chapman asked the officer who arrested him to be his friend. chapman says he felt close to him and even asked the officer to help find his copy of "catcher in the rye" taken away from the scene of the

crime when chapman was arrested. about to go on sale to the public for $75 grand. chapman 20 years to life for lennon's murder and denied parole several times. a mom in gilbert, arizona outraged over what she says was an inappropriate homework assignment about fidelity. the fourth grader had to write about what was happening. and the doctor comes the question about a wife finding a hair clip underer her bed with another parent in it. after the parent called the school, the teacher apologized and said she hadn't read this beforehanding it out to students. >> tucker: can you imagine? >> unbelievable. how about this, a new book is out looking basically how we spend our entire lives. it's fascinating and the new york post has broken this down based on the sometime of spend

we do with makeup, working out, sleeping, talking, arguing, eating, everything. here are some of the major ones that stand out. and here is the the first one. the hours spent sleeping. >> anna: i don't buy this one. >> clayton: at all. during the weekday we spend about 8.4 -- 8 3/4 hours sleeping during the weekdays. >> on the weekend 9 1/2 hours, that's on average. i don't believe that for a second. >> anna: i don't either. >> tucker: maybe reading the paper or watching television. >> anna: i don't think anybody can sleep that much. >> tucker: i don't think it's possib possible. >> anna: how about days, hours, spent working in the weekday, 8.39 and on the weekend. 5.88. >> clayton: that sounds about right. people are doing a lot of. even though they're not physically in the office, but perhaps in the weekend catching up on e-mails and now with the new technological world you're never really away from the office. >> anna: does that take out on

the time on facebook playing around. >> clayton: that's the study. the time spent wasted on the computer. >> tucker: an awful lot. 3 hours or more, 14% of you say you waste that much. 22%, two hours, an hour or less, 65%. >> anna: how about the time spent waiting in line, a pet peeve of mine. 6 minutes 51 seconds, new yorkers. you notice he when you're waiting for an elevator, you punch it a million times making it will make the darn thing come faster. >> tucker: it cost. >> clayton: in new york city you have to map out your day. >> tucker: pavolvian. >> clayton: i'm going to gym. >> anna: ladies, the amount of time getting ready. showers, and makeup, getting dressed a total of 1 hours and 16 minutes. >> clayton: that's on a monday. >> anna: on a monday. >> clayton: by the end of the week, it shifts all the way

down. so you guys let yourself go. >> tucker: it's fairly dramatic. by friday. showering ten minutes, hair 2 minutes. makeup 2 minutes, getting dressed one minute. that's pretty fast. >> clayton: so you guys let yourself go by the end of the week and by the end of week, i don't care about my hair and makeup. >> anna: i wake up looking like this, for hair and makeup. >> and in the study. men work out significantly more than women. 27.4. >> tucker: i don't buy that for a second. no, that's not consistent with any woman i know and amazing fact in here, the amount of time spent crying. how often do men and women cry per month. women say they cry 5.3 times per month for a total of 6 minutes. sounds right. and average man says he cries 1.4 times per month for an average of two to four munts. that seems a little high. >> anna: it does seem high, very high for both men and women. >> tucker: unless your dog dies every month.

kind of hard to explain that. >> clayton: are you crying? i watch-- let's be honest i watch a lot of click flicks and constantly crying, sorry. and here is, also time that couples spend arguing a week. newly in love a little over an hour arguing, but couples spent more than three years together. arguing more upwards of 2.7 hours, and "everybody loves raymond" parents on that show, never stop. >> anna: some people like that argue, what the relationship is based on. >> clayton: misery loves company. >> anna: that, too. >> clayton: speaking of misery loves company, rick, do you buy the argument that men cry that much per month? >> no, i don't buy actually any one of those things. the only one of all of those that make sense, a woman might take an hour and 15 minutes to get ready. >> clayton: on monday and goes down on friday. >> tucker: a total of one minute to get dressed. what are you, a fireman, jumping into your boots?

a minute. that's impressive. >> rick: beginning to end for me is about 12 minutes, that's it it. >> tucker: from showering, shave. >> rick: dress, everything, and that and. >> clayton: you're beautiful. >> rick: i know. all right, guys, take a look at this video out of south carolina. south carolina not one of the places we typically show you snow pictures from, but here you go. grier, south carolina, some accidents and spin-outs and people getting stuck and they don't obviously have the ability to treat these kinds of situations and treat the roads and the snow, but a nice treat for people getting here and on switter would like weather in the south. there you go, it's cleared up for the day today. and that's moved off to the north. take a look at your weather maps. it's cold behind this. and north carolina into the 20's and the wind chill certainly much lower than that. fork for the day today. much of young, we're going to be dealing with that snow and

eastern new england, eastern mass, rhode island and eventually throughout parts of maine and windy as well and going down across the coast, philadelphia, you're going to be fine. a cool day in florida, 60 in miami. and that's chilly for you. a nice day across the central plains though. into the northern plains, a cool day as well. not even that bad. a light snow possible across the far northern tier there. and across the west, a little bit of snow across the rockies, a little into the cascades and more sunshine across the southwest. all right. back to you inside. >> tucker: why, thank you, rick. parent think you can't afford to send your kids to college? think again. from rubble schools to private universitying which give you the best bang for your buck. >> anna: which couple is thinking about buying michael jackson's neverland ranch? next.

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colleges, be careful not to without enrolling, and here is susanna kiplinger, and children, where should i be looking? >> depends are you looking at public or private schools. >> tucker: i'm open minded. the public, let's go to the best value. >> unc chapel hill. >> why? >> one of our favorites. number one 12 times in a row and we love it, affordable and great academic qualities and some numbers that you can look at. its four year graduation rate. # 77%. and if you or your kids qualify for the needs you'll got a financial package. >> tucker: and you say it has an 87% four year graduation right. that seems very high. >> it's an important number to look at, too, if you're

getting out in four years you're not paying for the extra year of education. >> tucker: and people likes the school. >> people like the school and they're giving you that sort of help to get through and get graduated in four years. >> tucker: so, number three, university of florida. >> uh-huh. it dropped one place this year, still a great value, very, very good academically, have affordable. it's a big school, but got a very competitive admissions rate. a lot of students apply and not all get in. >> tucker: william and mary. >> good academic school. >> tucker: and some people are not aware it's a public school. >> it is, 12-1 faculty to student ratio. which means for every 12 students, one-on-one factors that you need. >> tucker: and university of maryland college park. >> the school has gone up every year, a four year tuition which ended in 2010

and academically a great school. >> tucker: those are the top five private. yale is number one you said. >> i don't probably have to tell you that it's a good school academically. >> tucker: i've heard that. >> and also not that bad when it comes to cost. you might think that private schools are very, very expensive, but actually when you factor in aid it's just around $14,000 net price for the year and actually, the average price for a public school is around a little over $17,000, so, it's actually cheaper. >> tucker: so you've got rice number two, princeton three, duke four, and california and technology, five for the private schools. first of all, where is harvard and the schools with massive endowments charge anything the at all for tuition. >> harvard is in the top ten, but not the top five. and the reason that the schools charge tuition,

schools charge tuition, but those very, very wealthy school make an effort to give a lot of aid. princeton i think the first school had a no loan policy. you shouldn't take loans out if you go there. and graduate with only $5,000 in debt. and their parents should either. get your child into princeton. thank you very much. >> thanks so much. >> tucker: coming up, the show "downton abbey" is a hit and why is it so popular, the political orientation and a does it mean you can get a good deal? probably not. we'll tell you what it means coming up. ♪ ♪ my mama told me you about thor shop around ♪ hi. hi.

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>> there you are looking good this sunday morning. 6:53 is the time i'm anna kooiman. american airlines and u.s. airway one entity effectively, and with less competition can you get a good deal on tickets? here with helpful hints for us is travel expert mark murphy. good morning, thanks for being with us. first up we could possibly have more options so some fares to go down? supply and demand. it's making my mind blown. >> three major carriers control the vast majority of airline flights in the u.s. and going to make prices go up because it's almost. >> right. >> pseudo monopoly. but on the other side. american airlines and u.s. airs, more hubs, if you're flexible through to get to your end destination and might

find some pluses. >> anna: and you might have to find a long layover. what about fare wars and they'll have to be competing with some of the smaller airlines. >> take southwest, air tran, jet blue. airlines like that are going to see prices rise and markets, i can go in there and operate more profitbly than the major carriers and therefore, pull some fares down. >> especially when you see the competition from the lower fare gist, legacy prices match. you're going to have that, but not as much as in the pass it's been a consolidation and we feel we get robbed with the fees we see. >> more fees, and the reason that the airlines do this, because there's transparent pricing on the internet. look at the internet and everyone can see what the price of the fare is. what they try to do is shift some of the costs that used to be built in the ticket price to the back and that way it's difficult for the consumers to compare and contrast prices.

make sure you understand the full cost of the ticket. because those ancillary fees and make sure they're part of the purchase price. >> anna: and you say a travel agent can help. >> people don't understand how many combination and people spend hours and hours, trying to fine the best fares. these guys are pros, they know where to look, and where to find the combination and the ancillary freese and talk to the pro. they sell 60% for a reason. >> what about frequent flyer miles. >> one for the business travelers that accrue those and combine those miles and then cash them in at the much bigger network in terms of the airline. >> anna: thanks for the help today. mark murphy. 6:56 is the time on sunday morning. a university ordering protesters to acknowledge

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>> get up, get going, seven o'clock on the dot. good morning, i'm anna kooiman in for alisyn camerota. when it comes to immigration reform congress isn't apparently moving fast enough for president obama. the white house drafting its own version coming up. >> lost in the australian outback, lost for days, what a man found in his backpack that wound up saving his life. is that unbelievable story coming up. >> clayton: someone call the p.c. police, a university ordering them to acknowledge wiccan or pagans holidays. they don't want anyone to feel

left out. "fox & friends" hour two starts right now. and in the same breath. don't say merry christmas, right. >> tucker: wiccan, do you feel left out. >> clayton: yeah, i have my sage that i burn every morning on the show to make sure. >> anna: we let him do it. >> clayton: for the spirits. exactly. and welcome in to "fox & friends" on this sunday morning, thank you for spending your sunday morning with us. that's tucker carlson, anna kooiman and i'm clayton morris. >> anna: when it comes to immigration reform, congress isn't moving fast enough for president obama. >> clayton: the white house has drafted its own version of the immigration bill and that's not sitting well with some republicans. >> tucker: no, it's not. and doug luzader with the latest details on this. >> the president said he would act if congress won't and this may be a shot across the bow as a bipartisan group on capitol mill tries to hammer out a compromise.

for many, the president's bill detailed in usa today will be a nonstarter because it will be seen as a form of amnesty. right out of the gate an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants could be affected. here is what the president just said in his weekly address. >> and it's time it harness the talent and ingenuity of hard working immigrants by finally passing comprehensive immigration reforms. securing our borders and a responsible path to earn citizenship and attracting the highly skilled prunes that will help create jobs. here are some of the specifics there would be this new, what they're calling lawful perspective immigrant visa, offering to provide provisional legal status. a criminal background check and fairly wide latitude. shongs they commit three crimes. spouses and currently in the country could be included.

and well above 11 million and new provisions for border security. this is going to be a nonstarter on capitol hill according to the republican senator leading the charge on bipartisan immigration, reform, florida republican, marco rubio. here is his response. quote, if actually proposed, the president's bill would be dead on arrival in congress, leaving us with unsecured borders and a broken legal immigration system for years to come. under the proposed plan, illegal immigrants could move from provisional to full permanent legal residencesy in about eight years and officially the white house says a final bill has not been prepared. anna, tucker, clayton. >> clayton: you've been around washington a long time. a leaked reform makes its way into the usa today. how does that happen. >> and it's clearly being floated and again, to try to

up the pressure with congress to let them know if we don't get something done, the president will move forward. in the past he's been reluctant to write legislation and this time around. >> clayton: a trial balloon. great to see you this morning, thanks so much. >> anna: four minutes after the hour this sunday morning, time for your headlines. oscar pistorius' family going on camera the first time since the blade runner was charged with murdering his girlfriend. the state's own case, including its forensic evidence strongly refutes any possibly of premeditated hurd. >> his uncle says that oscar is numb with shock and grief and planning a future with model reeva steenkamp. and the first part of the reality show she starred in started last night and included this chilling clip. >> and i'm going to miss you all so much. and i love you very, very mu

much. >> anna: so eerie considering the circumstances. and overnight, two military jets away from a snow fly zone where president obama is vacationing in florida. the small plane was forced to land at a field in a town of stuart north of palm beach. f.a.a. is now investigating this incident. like a scene out of the movie, the posh hotel stealing 2 million from the case. >> clayton: where is george clooney. >> anna: the case is now boarded up and believed one of the suspected a distracted an employee and the escape was apparently assisted by faulty surveillance cameras in the lobby. and an australian backpacker who got lost in the backpack alive tonight thanks to contact lens solution.

18-year-old same woodhead got lost during a jog last week and ran out of water. when he searched through the backpack, his dad left a box of contact lenses inside and drank the solution in the heat. and search teams found him three days later and now he's just fine. >> and now great vision as a result of that, too. >> anna: forever and ever. >> tucker: it's yummy, that contact lens solution. that's the latest. >> good pun. please share with the class, don't keep it to yourself. let's talk about this. middle class, certainly during the campaign between republicans and democrats, everyone was throwing around the term middle class trying to appeal to the middle class. and the president used that term a number of times. take a listen. >> a rising, thriving, middle class. he we won't grow the middle class by shifting cost of health care or-- >> a growing economy that

creates good middle class jobs. >> most middle class parents can't afford $200 a week. >> work your way into the middle class. >> new ladders of opportunity in the middle class for all willing to climb them. >> this kind of prosperity, broad, shared, built on a thriving middle class. >> anna: and the only term we heard more was just to be clear. >> tucker: what is the middle class, new census numbers analyzed and a massive disparity between states. the middle class in some states is very different from that in others. for example, the highest middle class number, maryland. the median number is 67,469 dollars. >> clayton: i was surprised it wasn't as high as california. maryland the highest there, or that california wasn't as high as maryland. >> tucker: and i'll tell you why, maryland's numbers are high because it's suburban maryland outside of washington that benefits from government spending. >> clayton: there you go. >> tucker: as the percentage

of our economy is taken up by government spending rises the suburbs around d.c. get richer. >> and the employees on average about what, 15 to 20% more than their civilian counterparts. so they're making more salary than the folks who benefit. >> tucker: they can never be fired. >> anna: and the salaries of these people is only part of the story. i mean, a lot of middle class are dealing with different struggles, whether they can't find work or they have a job and aren't making enough money so they're trying to piece multiple part-time jobs together in some distances. let's look at our home state. >> pennsylvania, for example, my home state. middle class income where you would need to be $50,000 to be considered middle class in pennsylvania and even that seems like a blanket statement, right? when you've got cities like philadelphia. obviously, costs more to live there and pittsburgh more than to live in harrisburg or gettysburg, the blanket statements are interesting. >> anna: in my home

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>>. >> anna: 9:43. quick headlines, could jay-z and beyonce be the next owners of neverland ranch. they took a tour. jay-z is denying it. in the purple heart medal in an

apartment basement will be returned to a world war ii family today. he was killed protecting fellow soldiers. his purple heart was discovered four months ago and will be given to his daughter. >> a billing announcement from the vatican, maybe speeding up the selection process for the next pope. father jonathan morris. thanks a lot for joining us. what are the criteria that the cardinals will be using? >> first decision of speeding up the beginning of conclave came about because normally there is 15-20 days stipulated. that happens when a pope dies. now, we have notice. february 20th the seat will be vacant. so they are saying, since we will all get there by that time,

let's not have a two week or three week period of waiting before we begin the conclave. it will probably happen sometime around 7th or 8th of march. >> so some of your picks. you have laid out some of the folks around the world that might be up for the job. first one, cardinal tagel. he is from manila, philippines. he is the youngest and let me explain this word. it's able to be pope or possible candidate for being a pope. papabilay and it's best said with a glass of red wine. but this cardinal is very young. 55 years old and, of course,

from part of the world that has never had a pope. very interesting and candidate so to speak. we have timothy dolan from new york. an unlikely candidate because the cardinals don't like to have a superpower to be the pope, but you never know. cardinal dolan has taken on a position of leadership in the united states and around the world and he is known for being happy and cardinals recognize we need that. >> anna: and he is 53. he is not something that would, deteriorating health and old age is cited. >> newew ples dent that the pope has said of resigning from the post, i think the cardinals will be more open to the idea of electing a younger pope. they know he will be in for

30-40 years. so a few others we have also on our screen, we have probably the leading candidate cardinal of milan. there are 28 italians. that is the strongest bloc there is. over 50% of those cardinals are also european. they may want to give it back to europe. >> and challenges that the church is fay go some of the younger folks involved and some of that european zest back and they have been struggling in europe in relation to the catholic church. some of the other areas, latin america and africa, but precisely the europe they may need more help. getting a younger audience. >> we had pope benedict from germany and 500 years before

that there were all italians. a pope from the third world is a lot of talk. in answer to your question, think it's important to recognize whether you are a catholic or not, the fact the papacy of the catholic church is the biggest, strongest most broad defender of traditional values. we're going to hear a lot of reporting over the neck few weeks of people saying, is he going to be liberal pope or conservative pope, by the definition of pope he is going to be conservative. in the sense that he is called to conserve the biblical teachings. republican or democrat -- that is all bunk. what they are looking at who can help best transmit and defend those core teachings going forward. it will an exciting two weeks.

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let's send it over to anna and tucker with amelia bedelia. >> it's been half a century, 50 years since amelia first came in the rogers household. dressing the chickens in overalls a literal housekeeper. >> anna: more than 35 million copies, we celebrate his 50th anniversary. joining us with the author, you were essentially carrying on the torch? >> she is the one that created the character back in 1963. she has been going strong ever since. my aunt created 12 books before she passed away in 1988. kids kept writing in when is the neck book coming out. >> anna: they are timeless? >> absolutely.

they really reflect the english language all the idioms and homophones. >> i think i have read every amelia bedelia book there is. what are your favorite examples. >> in the first book which has been reissued, they tell her to dust the furniture which we take the dust off the furniture. she says dust the furniture. of course the most famous mistake she makes they tell her to dress the chicken for dinner. rather than getting ready to cook there is something else. >> anna: i'm a big amelia bedelia fan. >> as the population changes and

attitudes change, that is good look for you. try it on. >> and she has become modern, has she? >> i don't think really she is timeless in terms of the mistakes she makes. these are mistakes that people can make it's dealing with english language but if you take it literally. >> tucker: is he is non-native speaker? >> she acts like it. the books are still popular for adults because what happens is somebody comes to this country and they are struggling with the english language they feel inhibited. they don't want to mistake and they tleed. here a grownup. >> anna: and the humor that

everybody can enjoy. the books, some of the older kids? >> kids would say, we understand that picture books, i can read books and the older kids, third and fourth grade, guilty pleasure but they were in the chapter books. we decided to go ahead and do chapter books with them. it's more of a chance to sell a longer story. >> anna: congratulations on all your success. >> tucker: i'm 43 and a guilty pleasure for me. it's great to me meet you. coming up more of fox and friends in just three minutes. [ male announcer ] in blind taste tests, even ragu users chose prego. prego?! but i've been buying ragu for years. [ thinking ] i wonderhat other questionable choices i've made? [ club scene music ] [ sigh of relief ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego.

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